near to Keld, North Yorkshire, Great Britain

Crackpot Hall and Swaledale

Crackpot Hall was built originally as a hunting lodge for Lord Wharton, and later saw use as mine offices and then as a farm. In the 1930's Ella Pontefract and Marie Hartley wrote of a 'wild' 4 year old child living here by the name of Alice, but Alice and her family must have moved out by around 1951 as the building became unsafe due to mining subsidence.

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Discussion on NY9000

Re Mick Garratt's photo of the bridleway. Has no-one come up with an offer for the 'used' tractor yet? It looks suspiciously like the remains of a 'little grey Fergie' and ought to fetch a small amount on EBay.